Oh Etre Dans L'Amour

Layout and hiatus

2011-04-27T00:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry about how things look around here. I'm working on the layout. :)
Hopefully it will look halfway decent soon.

Also, I'm going to take a break from blogging for a while. Our camera kept getting broken, I need to catch up on school in order to finish at the end of May, I've been babysitting, we have family coming next month, and we will be gone for a good portion of June.
So basically, life is busy and I won't have time to blog for a while. :)

See you guys later!

Birthday

2011-03-28T20:51:00.000-07:00

It was my cousin's 9th birthday today, so we went up to their house for cake and a visit. While the adults visited and the boy cousins played Saskia and I went outside to take some pictures. She loves the camera. Haha. :)

Anyway, first we took some Nancy Drew type shots, peering into things and such like. Then we took some much more Saskia (and slightly Sound of Music?) type pictures.

Oh, and she also snapped one of me down below walking back to the house looking slightly awkward in mid step.

Bye the way, her Grandmother on her mom's side of the family made that outfit! Isn't it adorable? I would like it in my size and longer length please! :) I guess I'll have to learn how to knit! (click to enlarge)

Number 1!

2011-03-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

St Patrick's Day was my cousin Talitha 1st birthday, but we didn't have her party till yesterday. Here are some pictures from the big number 1 party. . . Opening presents, birthday cake and random pictures. . . :)

(click to enlarge)

Picnic at the Beach

2011-03-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

Today my friend Sarah came over and spur of the moment we decided to go down to the beach and have a picnic since the weather was so nice. We had a lovely and quite hilarious time!

Me looking slightly upset and confused because we're apparently stranded:

Sarah trying to look upset, failing cracking up trying to compose herself and failing again (click to enlarge):

My ridiculous "trying to take a picture of Sarah while akwardly clambering over the log yet ducking down slightly to not cut off her head because she's almost 6 feet" (I'm not holding a camera because she quickly dashed over and snatched it from me so she could take the picture of me)

And the resulting picture:

The view from where we sat:

Hope you had a nice day!

In the past 28 days

2011-02-28T18:48:00.000-08:00

Throughout this past month I've . . .

Celebrated my Nana's birthday. We had cupcakes instead of cake, I made them from a recipe she picked, they were yummy.

Got my 50s skirt from Etsy! I love it, I'll try to get a picture of me in it when the weather gets better. Thanks Jemzy!

Had a "girls day" with my mom! My brothers were at a guys camp out thing, so we had a whole day just us girls! It was wonderful. We went out to lunch, met some friends at Tim Horton’s, then went to a thrift store where we got some good finds. Also, in the picture of my mom and I, I don't know what's with the weird color difference in my face and arm, in real life they're about the same, must've been the shadow of the table.

And here's a picture of me with no makeup and my hair unset after just being washed. I wanted to see the difference, plus I wanted to see how long my hair is, as I set it every night and barely every remember to check how much it has grown since I cut it. Haha. :)

Windy Beach

2011-02-25T22:51:00.000-08:00

It was absolutely freezing when my brother took these, we totally underestimated windchill. When we went back to the house I sat in front of the heater and thawed out my hands. These pictures are from about a week and a half ago, right now I'm getting over a cold. I'm almost well now, but you should have seen me a couple of days ago. Not very glamorous with a tissue box as your best friend, I can tell you that!
Anyway, I'm doing better now, so I'll have to see if I can get some proper outfit photos soon. You see, my little brother got a piece of a mini tripod from the dollar store stuck in where you screw the camera on to the tripod, so unless someone takes my pictures for me I've been pretty much sunk. We'll see what happens though.

Also, in other news, I created a Facebook page for the blog. I'm still trying to figure it out, but if you want you can go over there and "like" it.

I'm trying to get together pictures from what's happened over the past little bit which I'll try to get up tomorrow.
Hope you have sweet dreams!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T22:27:00.000-08:00

I'll try to get some outfit pictures tomorrow weather permitting. Hope you had a lovely day!

Beach

2011-01-30T00:13:00.000-08:00

My little brother Ari and I popped down to the beach across the street from our house today after I realized I hadn't been down there since last Summer. It was nice to be down there again, even if I did have to pay him 3 dollars to take pictures of me. Haha.
It was absolutely beautiful down there though. I'll have to get some more pictures down there soon. It's so nice now that the sun is staying up a bit later!

Jacket: Thrifted
Skirt: Thrifted
Hat: Thrifted
Shoes: Thrifted
(I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to make this list)
Tights: Ardene's
(Well there's a bit of variation for you)

We're still having internet problems, and it's still annoying. The internet will die every 2 or 3 minutes, then you have to unplug the modem, wait about a moment then plug it back in and you'll have internet connection for another 2 - 3 minutes before you have to repeat the process. My mom's phoning Telus again tomorrow.

Hope you have a wondrous day!

Jeans!

2011-01-25T23:30:00.000-08:00

My Freddies of Pinewood jeans came!
They are the Classic Indigo in 28-38. (http://www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=classic) They came last Tuesday and were just in time for my birthday which was on the 21st! I'm 17 now and can no longer sing the "16 going on 17" song from The Sound of Music, well, unless I want to be the boy, which I don't! :)
Sorry I've been so lousy with posting, our internet connection has been having problems. Very annoying. Hope it gets solved soon!

Hope you have a terrific day!

Happy Birthday Yesh!

2011-01-22T00:44:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday Yesh, my super cool little bro! I love you! I can't believe you're 12, where has time gone?!

(Okay, so this picture is from my birthday, but there was no picture of all 3 of us from his birthday, and mine was the day before, so it's pretty close.)

Happenings of late

2011-01-13T22:17:00.000-08:00

As you can see, I changed my layout again. Sorry, once you get started it's so hard to stop. I'm still trying to work out a few things though, because as you see, since the main body isn't white I can't do the curved borders on pictures any more. I tried to make it transparent, however, the quality of the picture was ruined. I have a few more ideas as to how to make it work, but as you can see, for now the pictures are just a normal rectangle.

I'm terribly sorry to have taken so long to post. You see, I finally dragged myself outside to take pictures. I do get dressed most everyday like a normal person, I just usually end up putting off taking pictures or forgetting until it's dark. It's more difficult too because it gets dark so early in this season. However, I will be making more of an effort, and as the days get longer it will be easier.
Oh also, my mum and I were away at an Above Rubies retreat (Which was incredible by the way!) and completely forgot to take any pictures while we were there, and also didn't have any internet access. our 3 days were so busy though it was quite fine, and I had better things to do with my time. :)

So, how've you all been? My 17th birthday is coming up on the 21st. I'm quite excited. Oh and, my little brother's is on the 22nd, he'll be 12.

Oh, the dress I'm wearing I'm very excited about, it was a splendid find from the thrift store! I'll have to get a picture of it later without any coat.

Also, my other little brother wanted to make sure everyone knows my hand looks creepy in the top picture. Now that I look at it, he may be right. I assure you it's just the gloves though. Haha.

Hope you have a marvelous day!

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a terrific and safe end of 2010 and a wonderful beginning to 2011!

Hebrews 12:1
. . .let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 13:5b
God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

May your new year be blessed!

Merry Belated Christmas!

2010-12-27T14:37:00.000-08:00

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your family! Unfortunately I've had a cold and fever for the past two days so no pictures yet. I got it Christmas night, so there are some pictures from dinner with my Grandparents and other relatives. However, they haven't been uploaded yet. Also, I'll try to get some pictures from Hanukkah up within the next few days.
Hope you're all doing better than me! Haha. :)

Here's a picture from Hanukkah of me, my brother and his friend, and then a picture of my friend Beth (http://hipsterdiary.blogspot.com) and I who came to visit for Hanukkah.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and almost Happy New Years! (Goodness, can you believe how 2011 has snuck up on us? Only 4 days left in 2010!)

And now now I am off to the couch to watch Little Women and blow my nose. :)

Happy Hanukkah!

2010-12-07T17:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Hanukkah everyone! It's actually the seventh day tonight and I was meaning to post on the first. However we've had company, my friend Beth from http://hipsterdiary.blogspot.com came over. Also, we've had peple for dinner and went to our friends house for dinner as well, so in short, life's been busy. Also I haven't uploaded the pictures off our camera yet, so I'll try to do that within the next few days. If you go to Beth's blog though you'll see a few pictures I took of her while she was here. Doesn't her short hair look cute? I could never pull it off, but I think it looks adorable on her. :)

Also, as you can see, I've been playing around with the layout. I'll probably fiddle with it a bit more within the next while. Anyway, hope you like. :)

Have a wonderful evening!

Blog awards and belated outfit

2010-11-26T10:23:00.000-08:00

First snowday!

2010-11-25T10:11:00.000-08:00

We had our first snowfall a couple of days ago! Actually, it's melting now as I post this, but here are pictures! :)
If you can't tell who's who in the snowsuits, Ari's with me in the second photo (He actually told me I had to put the picture on my blog, he asked me to pose with him too) and Yesh is of course, the hockey guy in the last picture.

Happy Birthday Ari!

2010-11-17T23:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday darling little brother! I love you!

(Forgive how sleepy I look, my brothers pulled me out of bed so Ari could do the scavenger hunt, and I just barely had time to take out my pincurls much less brush them through!)

Simplicity

2010-11-16T22:44:00.000-08:00

Very simple and classic outfit I think, possibly inspired by one of my friends getting a job at a bank. ;)

In other news, it's my little brother Ari's 9th birthday tomorrow! I'll try to post some pictures like I did last year. Also, I've got a little pincurl tutorial I'll try to put up as well.
Now I have to hurry and make his card! I always forget and leave things till the last moment!

Top: Walmart
Skirt: Thrifted
Shoes: Thrifted
Tights: Ardene's
Necklace: Thrifted
Belt: Thrifted

Remembrance Day

2010-11-11T11:12:00.000-08:00

Lest we forget . . .

It isn't every day a girl gets a picture with Groucho Marx!

2010-10-31T23:00:00.000-07:00

Haircut

2010-10-22T23:09:00.000-07:00

I got a haircut! It was rather unintentional really. My Grandpa is a barber and I went to him to even my hair out after he had layered it in a hurry about a week or two before (we were both in a rush to go places). Anyway, he cut a bit shorter than I was expecting, however, that was partially my fault because I didn't really specify much.
So, even if it was accidental and took some getting used to, I'm having fun with it. I've also been trying out more 30s inspired clothes as well. However, I'm going to attempt my old victory rolls soon, once I can get the one side to cooperate. Once side always turns out perfect, and the other side always turns out floppy and misshapen! It's rather infuriating really.

So how is your week going? I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I don't really have any excuse other than I've been too lazy to take any pictures. However hopefully tomorrow or something I'll be able to get some.

These pictures are from my Grandma and Grandpa's house, and as you can see, I took a picture with both of them. :)

Have a lovely day!

Happy Thanksgiving! Trailers, thrifting and outfits oh my!

2010-10-11T18:51:00.000-07:00

Guess what! Guess what! My Papa (Dad) is in the trailer for a movie! They're not sure if the movie will happen yet, so it's just a trailer to get the company's name out there and see if anyone wants to fund it I suppose. Anyway, my Papa is the man by the fire narrating. I'm so proud of him! Didn't he do fantastic!? He's been in lots of plays before I was born and when I was a baby, but this was his first thing on film. I suppose I'm biased as it's my father, but still, I think he was amazing!

http://www.fueledcreative.com/DnG.php

Also, here's an outfit. I wore basically the same thing for Thanksgiving dinner. Just without the white scarf and with a coat and stockings. It was cold! The dress is from the thrift store for 4 dollars. I was very pleased to find it, I don't usually find dresses at our thrift store. It looks rather 50s inspired to me. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

What's on your wishlist?

2010-10-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

Right now I'm after. . .

a pair of trousers from Heyday!

http://www.heydayonline.co.uk/default/womens-clothing/ladies-trousers/ladies-swing-trousers-tweed.html

a pair of Freddies

http://www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=Utility

a dress from Time Machine Vintage on Etsy (probably this one)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52408203/vivienne-1940s-wwii-era-vintage-style

the book Harpo Speaks. Autobiography of Harpo Marx. (I love the Marx Brothers, Harpo's my favorite)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879100362/ref%3Dsdp_amz_/103-4454768-0283836

What's on your wishlist?

Giveaway on My Happy Sewing Place plus outfit post coming soon!

2010-10-07T21:54:00.000-07:00

So first off, there's a splendid giveaway on Debi's blog, My Happy Sewing place. You have a chance to win not one, not two but four patterns! All you have to do is follow her blog and leave a comment. Don't miss out! The patterns are fabulous!

Enter here:
http://fashionsfromthepast.blogspot.com/2010/10/pattern-giveaway-of-century-part-deux.html

Patterns you could win:

Hurry! The giveaway ends October 13th!

Also, I will hopefully be uploading an outfit post tomorrow! Sorry for the delay in posting, life has been busy and now we have company for Thanksgiving. However, I took outfit pictures yesterday and I should be able to post them tomorrow. :)

Sukkot and Hair

2010-09-27T22:04:00.000-07:00

No outfit pictures as the weather here has been lousy, all wind and rain. But here's a hair picture, plus a bonus of my mom and I.
Happy Sukkot! Which started Wednesday night, however, because of the weather we haven't been able to do much in it. We're actually standing in front of the Sukkah, I'll have to get a picture when the weather calms down. Oh, and in case you think I'm lying since the pictures are so sunny, that day we built it was the only day it was sunny, weather turned right the next day. We're still praying for sun so we can have people over to have dinner in the Sukkah! :)

Have a marvelous day!

Femme Fatale Giveaway on Va-Voom Vintage

2010-09-18T18:18:00.000-07:00

If you're interested in delightful vintage goodies you should check out this delightful giveaway on Brittany's blog Va-Voom Vintage. Brittany has been having a Femme Fatale week and is wrapping it up with this lovely giveaway. You may enter until the 22nd, the winner will be announced on Friday morning and they will recieve:

Black vintage handbag with red lining,
Pair of black vintage gloves with black embroidered detail
Vintage black hat
1 bottle of a perfume by Wiggle Perfume

To enter, all you have to do is follow her and comment telling her who your favorite femme fatale is. What are you waiting for? Go enter!

Va-Voom Vintage Giveaway

Good luck!

Changing it up

2010-09-14T13:24:00.000-07:00

Alrighty, what with school starting it's been a bit busier than expected, as well as raining most days, so instead of a daily outfit post, I'm going to try to do two a week.
I should have one ready by tomorrow.
Have a wonderful day!

1940's farmgirl collecting eggs from the looks of it:

Daily outfit - Sep 10, 2010

2010-09-10T20:23:00.000-07:00

Tonight was Shabbat, so my family and I had Shabbat dinner, then we started a movie afterwords as we sometimes like to do. We watched about half of Flywheel before my brothers got too sleepy. We're going to finish it tonight.
Anyway, it's by the same church who made Facing the Giants and Fireproof. I never realized what a big different music in the background and a good camera makes! The movie itself is good, like, the message it tells, and the main actor is pretty good. But some of the other actors, while you think of them as whoever they're playing, it doesn't really feel real? Also, there's no music in the background in most of the scenes, and honestly, you don't realize what a huge difference it makes in the atmosphere, until it's not there. The camera they use makes it look like a home movie as opposed to an actual movie. They only had a 20,000 budget, so it's forgiveable. And I hope it doesn't seem like I don't like it, I love this movie so far! You just don't realize what a huge difference these little details make, until they aren't there.
Hope you had an marvelous day!

Makeup:
Lipstick - Revlon "Certainly Red"
No eye makeup

Clothes:
Sweater - Thrifted
Top - Thrifted
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Thrifted
Pantyhose - Dollarama
Hair flower - Dollarama

Snood - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic

Daily outfit - Sep 9, 2010

2010-09-09T21:22:00.000-07:00

My list is rather repetitive isn't it? Haha. I don't mean it to be, I suppose I just thrift a lot. Speaking of thrifting, the skirt I'm wearing I just got for 4 dollars. The waist was about 3 1/2 inches too big so I had to take it in, still, I think it turned out quite nicely.
Anyway, I'm still on a LOTR high I suppose. That's all I've been thinking about. I really enjoy Star Wars, it's a secret love . . . but Lord of the Rings? That's a completely different story. I just love it, I think LOTR is quite simply magnificent and not to be rivaled. Oh, I do adore C.S Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia as well though. If not a tie, they are a very close second. I'm incredibly excited about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader coming out in December. I hope they stick more closely to the book this time!
What series and/or movies do you absolutely love?

Makeup:
Lipstick - Revlon "Certainly Red"
Basic CoverGirl mascara

Clothes:
Sweater - Thrifted
Top - Thrifted
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic
Pantyhose - Dollarama

Also, my little brother and I were playing around with the settings on the camera and came up with this. I thought it turned out rather neat. :)

Daily outfit - Sep 8, 2010

2010-09-08T22:56:00.000-07:00

I watched Lord of the Rings - Return of the King and once again realized how much I love those movies. We watched The Two Towers yesterday. I remember watching it ROTK in theatres when it first came out, and being utterly blown away. I still am every time I watch the trilogy. And once again I'm brought to tears by the end. I'm usually holding them back throughout the movie, but even in the theatre at 8 years old the part where Frodo leaves behind Sam and goes with Gollum just kills me. And then at the end when Frodo is saying goodbye to Merry, Pippin and Sam, that part always brings me to tears as well. I'm always left with a heartrending sadness, yet also an incredible, indescribable joy.
The books of course are incredible as well, Tolkien was an amazing writer. I really need to reread them, it's been a while. The first time I read them was when I was 7 and I've read them all several times since. My Papa used to read them to my family when I was little, we would go out and sit on a big rock in a forest and he would read to us. Apparently he read the books to my mum when she was pregnant with me too, so at least I come by this love honestly. :)
So, I suppose the majority of this post is gushing about LOTR, hmm, I think I liked this outfit a lot more in real life, it's just not the same seeing it in pictures. Ah well, can't get 'em all spot on, can you?
Hope you had a brilliant day!

Makeup:
Lipstick - Revlon "Certainly Red"
Basic CoverGirl mascara

Clothes:
Jacket - Thrifted
Top - Bootlegger
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Thrifted
Pantyhose - Dollarama

Daily outfit - Sep 7, 2010

2010-09-07T22:15:00.000-07:00

Today I felt much much better, which was wonderful. But then I went to the theatre to watch Nanny McPhee and had popcorn and a rootbeer, which was probably not the wisest desicion. Ah well, it was a nice treat. The movie was very cute, it's set in the 1940's during the war, so I had fun checking out the costumes. Some of them didn't look quite accurate, but over all I think they did quite well, I even spotted some seamed stockings!
Hope you all had a lovely day!

Makeup:
Lipstick - Revlon "Certainly Red"
Basic CoverGirl mascara

Clothes:
Sweater - Thrifted
Top - Thrifted
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic
Pantyhose - Dollarama

Daily outfit - Sep 6, 2010

2010-09-06T22:32:00.000-07:00

I'm going to start trying to do an outfit post a day. I'm not sure how well I'll succeed, however I'd like to try. If I can keep it up for a while it will be neat to document how I and my look changes. I must say, it will probably get rather repetitive and boring as I truly haven't that many clothing options. Be that as it may, I think it will be a fun challenge. Hope you enjoy! :)
Today I wasn't feeling well at all, and couldn't really be bothered to get dressed till after noon, however, I realized I should probably try to make myself look somewhat presentable, even if no one besides my family was too see me. The result, a warm, cozy outfit. I actually didn't even take my pincurls out today, I just stuck a flower in and hoped it looked like some sort of strange up do. I wonder how my curls will look tomorrow.

Makeup:
Lipstick - Revlon "Certainly Red"
No eye makeup or anything else.

Clothes:
Sweater - Thrifted
Top - Thrifted
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Thrifted
Hair flower - Dollarama
Pantyhose - Dollarama

Fruit Salad

2010-09-03T17:50:00.000-07:00

Today my friend and I got bored and hungry, the result? Fruit Salad.

Morning Has Broken

2010-09-02T10:30:00.000-07:00

I have memories of this song from way back. I think my dad must have sung it a lot. It's still one of my favorites though, it always puts me in a nice mood.

Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-mWuBY-is

Yesterday I spent the day at my cousin's and she helped me take my outfit pictures. We had an awesome time, the scenery at their house is amazing! I'm jealous! Haha.

Ooh, guess what! I finally got a picture of MLT! The little yellow truck a posted about a couple posts ago. I call it My Little Truck, MLT for short. And, I realized MLT is the same initials as Miracle Max's favorite sandwich! Mutton, Lettuce and Tomato! ("They're so perky, I love that") I know, I'm odd. You wouldn't believe how exacted I was when I realized that. So anyway, MLT is a truck that's for sale in my town. He's really old and kind of beat up, and probably wouldn't run very well, and I don't have any realistic thoughts of buying him. However, I'm kind of in love with him at the moment and I always ask if we can drive by him. He's so cute! The pictures of him are at the bottom of this post. :)

Hmm, in other news, it's September! How strange is that? Gosh, I can't believe how quickly this year is flying! It was Summer before I knew it, now Summer's practically over and it's nearly Fall! (You know, it's odd, I always prefered the word Autumn better, but I usually say Fall. I don't know why)

Also, we got a new moniter, it's all modern and skinny and wide. It's taking some getting used to. I have to make all new desktops as our settings are now 1440 x 900 as opposed to 1024 x 760. It makes finding images for desktops a lot harder too. Ah well, I suppose I'll get used to it eventually.

Hope you all have a brilliant week!

Day away

2010-08-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

Yes I know, no lovely rounded edges on the pictures. I'll fix that tomorrow, I'm just posting and going to bed at the moment.

So, today my Nana, Granddad, one of my brothers and I went to the island for Granddad's doctors appointment. It was really fun. We went to his appointment, then to a health food store for some snacks. We went to a Chinese food buffet place for lunch. I had Chow Mein and Spring Rolls, as did Yesh, my brother. After that we went to a Salvation Army thrift store for my first time ever! We don't have one in my town. I got a cute dress and these adorable heels there. I'm 99% positive they're not 40's, but they're close enough for me, and they feel more sturdy than my genuine 40's heels. Plus they make me *5'5 3/4" as opposed to be no shoes 5'3", which is not exactly unwelcome.

*Yes, I measured.

After the thrift store we went to a park where the first three pictures are taken. Then we raced to the ferry to get back home. We almost didn't make it, which was rather scary, the ferry lady told us to drive to row 7 and cross our fingers. However, we all prayed and we made it. Below is my brother's "worried we're not going to make it onto the ferry and will have to wait 4 hours" face.

The ferry ride home was lovely, we met some friends from church, one of them just got engaged. We played Scum (Sometimes known as President) and eventually docked and made it home safely. All in all I had a lovely day.

I hope you're all having a spectacular week!

Catch up . . .

2010-08-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

I'm such a terrible blogger! I had pictures waiting, but to be honest I was just being lazy. I need to learn to just sit down and do things. It's not that I don't like blogging. I love it. I just put things off. It's a terrible habit, I know, I'm working on breaking it.

So, because of my procrastination we have a picture heavy post. First up is the my normal blog pictures:

Then we have my Great Uncle trying to teach me how to golf. I'm afraid I rather disappointed him, he's an avid golfer, and I, well, I really have no special talent in it. I find it a fun thing to do if I'm invited to do it, but I probably wouldn't do it of my own accord and I'm not very good. Plus I can't wear heels while golfing. Haha.

Next, we have this horrendous wolf spider that crawled right past my foot. There were two actually, but I only got a picture of the one. Eugh, just looking at them gives me the heebie jeebies. Seriously, the things were at least 3 inches big, and I'm not even exaggerating!

And last but not least, one Sunday the 16th we had my cousin's 14th birthday. Sorry for the blurry pictures, my mom took them and we were in action in nearly all of them.

Happy Birthday Kabe! Hope you had an awesome day!

Sunny days and rainy weather

2010-08-08T08:15:00.000-07:00

I'm back from camping! I had a delightful time, though I must say, outhouses and brushing your teeth in the grass with no running water is a pain. What I'm wearing in these pictures was about my uniform, then it got cold so I had to wear my skinny jeans. Alas, no old fashioned jeans yet. Then we also had a camp t-shirt, so I felt obliged to wear that. I felt rather modern and strange. But I tried to keep up with pin curling my hair, I pin curled it one night, then it was still fairly curly the next day, and wavy the day we went home.

We had almost constant sun for the past month, and now it's drizzly. It's really quite odd. It feels like I'm waking up on a school and babysitting day and will have to go out and walk in the drizzle and rain again. Summer is winding to a close too soon. I can't believe it's August! The stores started putting out back to school stuff mid July! Do you have any idea how depressing that is? I don't mind school that much, but having it shoved in your face, it's like they're taunting you. Ah well, Summer will come again next year, and the year after. . . So how is your summer going? Do you feel like it's gone too fast? Too slow? Just right?
I won't be able to post for the next couple of days because a friend had to borrow our camera. Perhaps by the time we get it back the weather will be nice again.

Have a merry week!

Sunglasses, Fairs and Insults, oh my!

2010-07-29T16:54:00.000-07:00

How fun are these sunglasses? Our town had our annual fair thing with rides and there was a booth the sold sunglasses. I tried these on but didn't have enough money so a lady who goes to our church bought them for me. She said they were too perfect for me not to have them. It was very sweet. I've been trying to get up the courage to wear them. I've never worn sunglasses before as I could never find any that fit over my glasses. But these feet the bill. Yay!
So, I had my first not so nice comment about my style, at the fair as a matter of fact. I was walking with my friend and some girl in a herd of teenagers called out "Isn't that dress a little old?". I was slightly shocked, but just kept walking. Seriously, if you're yelling insults to complete strangers you must be pretty miserable, and to be honest, it wasn't worth my time of day to say anything. Even if I had shot something back, especially something slightly mean say about her style, it would have just been lowering myself to her level. I think we who enjoy the vintage style should try to stay as classy as possible, and not stoop to petty insults. It is not befitting if your clothes say polite and classy but your attitude and language is no different than any modern person.

I hope you're all having a splendid summer. I'm going camping from tomorrow to the 2nd so I shan't be on for a while. Of course, that's not more than usual. But I still felt I should say something.

Hope you enjoy your week!

Polka-dots

2010-07-21T23:58:00.000-07:00

Forgive my decade mixing, 1940's hair and 80's does 50's dress. I thought it looked nice though. I had a neat conversation with the fellow who's the caretaker for the lake/campsite I was at. He noticed my flower and commented on how he hadn't seen a flower in someones hair since the 70's. Then he said I looked just like his mother back in the 40's/50's and we got to chatting about how I got into vintage and old shows and movies like The Marx Brothers and I Love Lucy. It was really nice actually. He also got to talking about how it took years for him to figure out his style. He was quite the character. Probably in his 50's with gray shoulder length hair and a moustache. Very nice man though, very sweet and a gentleman, even if he didn't really look the part. It was also lovely having someone comment, usually I just get stares. Oh, although about 2 weeks ago I was at the thrift store and was at the front desk paying when this, mmm, maybe 60 year old man tapped me on the shoulder and said "I just had to ask, are you dressed up for something or is this just you style?" I told him it was just my style and he went on and on about how neat it was that I dressed like that and how fabulous I looked. It was very sweet.
Actually, something I've noticed is it's usually older men that comment on my style, I don't seem to get comments as much from women. As for people my age I just get strange or the occasional admired looks.
What kind of comments do you get?

Oh! Guess what! I saw the most adorable 1960's looking truck for sale. It's not in the best shape but I think it's absolutely adorable. My mom thinks it's ugly though, and laughs whenever we drive by and I admire it. Also, it's only $800 dollars! It probably doesn't even run that well but I think it's just too cute. It's a really pale yellowy color and has the friendliest "face". I'll have to take a picture next time we drive by!
Has anyone else noticed that cars have faces?

Have a perfectly glorious week!

Hawaiian

2010-07-15T23:22:00.000-07:00

This shirt reminds me of those Hawaiian flowers, what are they? Hibiscus? A couple years I was absolutely obsessed with Hawaii. My sort of Aunt brought me back a shirt and dress back from Hawaii. I was thrilled, they were awesome. The dress had palm trees and sunsets and the shirt was red and said Maui, Hawaii. Unfortunately they've been long grown out of and given away. I wish I had thought to keep them. Maybe for my future kids. Oh, my Auntie Pam isn't actually my aunt. See, she's my mom's Godmother's daughter, and my mom and her have known each other since they were born I think, so I grew up calling her Aunt for whatever reason.

Did you notice my eyeliner? I tried out liquid eyeliner for the first time. I quite like it, my friends all said it was messy and hard, but I actually found it easier than the stick kind and it stays on better than the marker kind. It's my favorite type of eyeliner so far.

Oooh! I just saw Toy Story 3 a couple of days ago! I love it, but man that monkey and baby were creepy. I felt so bad for the baby though, it just wanted it's mommy. :( Did anyone else cry at the end? I won't tell you any more about it if you haven't seen it though, I don't want to spoil too much of it. However, if you haven't seen it, hurry up and watch it! I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Have a wondrous week!

We're having a heatwave. . . a tropical heatwave. . .

2010-07-08T23:47:00.000-07:00

Whenever anyone mentions heatwave, that Marilyn Monroe song pops into my head. It's all I can do not to burst into song. . .

Good heavens, can you believe it's July already? Feels like school just ended, or began. I'm halfway stuck in September. My goodness how time flies! My friends and I have been talking about, how if time is so fast to us as 15 to 18 year olds, how fast it must be for our parents and Grandparents! Frankly, I can't imagine it being any faster, but steadily onwards it does manage to feel faster.

I really must find or buy a summer skirt, all of my skirts are very heavy material made for Autumn or Winter, but that simply isn't workable in mid 30 degree temperature!

I went swimming in the ocean across the street today, I've been getting a very nice glasses tan. It's rather amusing really. I take off my glasses to clean them, peer into the mirror, and there's a white imitation of my glasses.

Oh, and my legs aren't really as pale as they look down below, I had stockings on. Honestly, I'd love to be fairskinned, but my pale friends all say I'm silly for saying that because of the sunburns you get. Still, fair skin looks so nice with some things that olive skin just doesn't work with. On the whole I do like my skin tone though. I suppose the grass always is greener on the other side.
Have a splendid week! And try not to melt if you're having a heatwave as well!

In other news, my 1940's heels from Arthelia's Attic came, and I couldn't be more pleased! I've been wearing them almost every day. Oh, my snood from her came as well as you can see. I'm terribly happy with it, it works perfectly and stays in with almost no bobby pins at all. I highly recommend buying from her.

http://artheliasattic.blogspot.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic

Pink?!

2010-07-04T23:14:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure why I bought this blouse. I rarely to never wear pink. I've never really liked the color. Perhaps because when I was younger I was quite tomboyish and resented the fact that boys always got blue and girls were always expected to like pink. (which is one of the reasons it amused e so much when all the teenage boys were wearing pink shirts a couple of years ago. Ahh, fads . . .) It still frustrates me that people think just because I wear skirts and dresses I'm a girly girl. I do enjoy dressing femininely. However, I also love wrestling with my brothers, climbing trees and general rough and tumble play. Being considered prissy and girly simply because you wear a skirt drives me crazy. Heck, in the old days all the girls wore skirts! And I'm quite sure there were tomboys among the lot! So there you have it, I suppose that's one of my pet peeves. Sorry for the rant. :)

In other news. . . Happy Canada Day and Happy Fourth of July! I'm ashamed to say I didn't post on Canada Day and I'm not wearing red, white and blue today. However, I did wear red and white for Canada Day. That makes it all better, doesn't it?

I've found that the majority of bloggers are American, and not Canadian, other than myself and the Baroness. (http://lettersfromhomefront.blogspot.com/) Which is interesting. . . So, what nationality are you? Do you blog?

Have a lovely week!

Ahoy!

2010-06-28T07:19:00.000-07:00

Ahoy there! I'm back! I had a wonderful vacation, and I'm glad to be back, but I can't wait till next year!

I think this is my favorite set of pictures so far. I love the outfit and the hair and everything. This skirt is my new favorite. I have two other sets of pictures waiting for new posts and I'm wearing the same skirt, oops. It's just so perfect. :)

It's Summer finally! I'm so excited. The weather is starting to act like it as well. The first day of Summer was rainy but it's shaped up since then.

I also decided I'm going to be writing what music, books and movies I've been interested in lately in every post, so here goes.

Books: I just finished Cast of Characters by Max Lucado, it was fantastic! I highly recommend it. It's about God using normal people who make mistakes and aren't perfect, but God is still able to use them in His perfect plan.

Music: Lately I've been listening to Take No Glory. It's a Christian band with a female lead singer. They have great music, and they let you download their music for free on their website. http://www.takenoglory.com/

Movies: I watched the first original Star Wars movie "A New Hope" on Sunday. It was awesome as usual, of course I suppose the Star Wars movies are a matter of taste, but I've always enjoyed them. They have violence in them, but it's rather cheesy so even I can watch most of it. I always watched Brother Sun, Sister Moon. It's the story of St Francis of Assisi, made in the 70's. I love that movie! It's incredible, I love it, it makes me feel so peaceful and happy, yet sad in some parts. If you can find it you should definitely watch it.

Hope you all have an amazing week!

Giveaway

2010-06-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

This isn't my giveaway, but I'm mentioning it because it's pretty awesome and you guys should enter if you haven't already.

It's a giveaway for a custom dress of your choosing by Shristi Studios. More information on her blog. Be warned though, the cut off for entering is June 30th.

http://shrististudio-vintagestyles.blogspot.com/2010/05/custom-dress-giveaway-celebrating-new.html

Here is her Etsy shop and online store:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilkBella

http://shrististudio.hostedbyamazon.com/home.htm

Here are some examples of the dresses she's made in the past, aren't they wonderful?

Models are Twilla (http://living-vintage.blogspot.com/) and Victoria (http://tiedemanntribe.blogspot.com/)

Red skirts, shoes and books oh my!

2010-06-11T22:43:00.000-07:00

Dear me, I need to stop wearing this skirt so much. I'm not sure if I've worn it much on the blog, but I wear it a great deal in real life. I was going to take outfit pictures the other day, but I was wearing almost the same thing as in these so I decided against it. Anyways, this is almost definitely the last post before my vacation from the 13th to the 20th. I may do one tomorrow, but I'm about 99.9% sure I won't. Haha.

Thank you to my little brother for taking this pictures. And to my mom for taking the one on the steps. (The little bro's shot turned out a bit too blurry)

I'm so excited, I just ordered this pair of shoes from *Arthelia's Attic on Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/transaction/30219826

I definitely recommend buying from her. She was wonderful, I can't wait to receive the stuff I ordered.

* http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic

** http://www.artheliasattic.blogspot.com

Let's see, at the moment I'm reading two books. Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver and Answers to the Four Big Questions by Don Batten, Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati and Carl Wieland, which is a book from Answers in Genesis. Both are really good. I've read the former one before, but I was only like 10, so I get it more now. The latter I know most of the stuff they mention, but it's still really good to familiarize yourself with evidence for God's word etc.

Have a wonderful week! When I come back I'm going to try to have some bonus pictures of me in my pretty wrap around seersucker robe with my curlers in my hair. I feel like a 50's housewife or something. It's hilarious. I just wish my hair held curl better.

Big Red Umbrella

2010-06-06T00:18:00.000-07:00

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12

I'm striving with God's help to live out this verse. I find it really interesting that it says "set an example for the believers". You would expect it to say "unbelievers" but really, there are so many lukewarm believers. And we do need to set an example for them as well, and inspire them to live out God's plan and word for their lives. Not just hearing His word, but also living it out. For after all, what is faith without action? And perhaps not just lukewarm, because there are people who truly believe in God, but it's not so visible in their actions. I think it should show in your whole life. We're supposed to be different from everyone else, set apart. People shouldn't be surprised to find out you're Christian. The sad thing nowadays is that there's really no visible difference. Kids in youth groups wear short shorts, date around, swear, tell crude jokes. . . Apart from them coming to Church, and maybe occasionally talking about how fun a Christian youth event was, you'd never even guess they were Christian.

Anyway, perhaps that's not the true meaning of the verse, but that's my take on it. If you have any input by all means say so in the comments. I very much enjoy reading the comments.

I got a big red umbrella! It makes me ridiculously happy. These pictures are from the day I got it, I was being an enormous goof and dancing around and singing "Singing in the Rain". I'll have to see if I can find some out takes if my mom got any goofy ones.

Thank you to Rebecca of *The Clothes Horse for featuring me in **Flashback Friday. I love that feature she's been doing. Everyone was so adorable in their young selves, and just as pretty in the present! :)

* www.theclothes.blogspot.com

** http://theclothes.blogspot.com/2010/06/flashback-friday-part-vi.html

Hope you've all had a splendid week! Sorry for the long breaks between posts. I honestly don't realize how long it's been till I check my blog and look at the last post date. It always shocks me. My how time flies!

I noticed I have some new followers as well. Not sure how you guys discovered me, but welcome, and I hope you enjoy! :)

I'm going on vacation in 8 days for a week but I'll try to get off my bum and fit one more post in between now and then.

I'm now off for my beauty sleep as it is well overdo. If it's nighttime where you are hope you have a lovely sleep, and if it's day hope you have a lovely day!

Birds and flowers

2010-05-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

My dress is from *Justice Pirate's ebay auction arrived, it fits perfectly and I love it. I'm so sorry I couldn't have paid more Victoria, it was an incredible cause and I'm sorry you didn't make more for it. If you do it again I hope I'll have more money on hand to donate. The cause she's supporting is http://love146.org which is against child prostitution. It's just horrific. I hope you'll take a look at the website.

*http://tiedemanntribe.blogspot.com

Thank you to my mom for taking the outfit pictures for me! I'm getting quite spoiled, it's not going to be much fun going back to tripods and dashing back and forth in a space of 10 seconds. Haha.

Isn't the robin in the background of the fourth picture neat? I was watching it scurry around when my mom took the picture. I love birds, it's so much fun waking up to them twittering and chirping. It's such a lovely feeling after the silence of winter. Can you believe it's almost summer? It's ridiculous, I feel like I just started school and now it's almost over! Not that I'm complaining though. I like history, but I've never been much of a math person.

Do you guys think my mom and I look a like? We don't see any resemblance besides the fact that we both have brown hair and dark eyes. I mean even our smiles are different shapes, and our jaw. But everyone tells us we look a like, it's almost funny really. I was in the mini golf place one time and this older guy came up to me, the conversation went like this:

Him: Is Sharon your mother?

Me: Yyyes, how did you know? -confused look-

Him: Oh, I've never seen you before in my life but I could tell right away who your mother is.

Me: Oookayy. -smile-

My mom and I are assuming he must be someone who comes to the pharmacy where she works but we haven't got any clue other than that because I didn't have a very clear description to give her other than 50's ish, short hair, slightly balding, slight potbelly. That description could fit a heck of a lot of people.

Thrifting

2010-05-21T22:54:00.000-07:00

I'm rather proud of myself, this whole outfit was thrifted, usually the majority is but not all of it. It actually reminds me a bit of *Jill's 30's knit sweaters. That was the first thing I thought of when I picked it up at the thrift store.

*http://lettersfromhomefront.blogspot.com

Ahh, I'm so happy. I get to sleep in tomorrow! I was about to wind my alarm clock when I realized it was the weekend, I squealed/screamed so loud my mom said she thought I saw a spider THIS big! -holds hands apart-

Oh, on Monday I went to the orthodontist and apparently I'm going to need braces for about two years, and halfway through that time I have to get jaw surgery because my jaw is not growing properly. The top and bottom jaw are supposed to be horizontally parallel but my bottom half of the jaw is sloping down. You can't tell in real life but you can in x-rays and apparently that will affect a lot when I get older so they want to fix it now. I'm not too happy about it, I've already had braces a couple of years ago, and although they said I'd probably need them gain when I was 16 I guess it didn't really sink in. Plus, now I'm trying to figure out how that will work with my style. -sigh- Ah well, I suppose it's best and will turn out good in the end, it's just difficult to actually go through it.

Oh, and I finally got a picture of my sandals! I've been wearing them a lot, they're my favorite pair of shoes at the moment.

Coming soon to a blog near you. . .

2010-05-18T21:12:00.000-07:00

There will be a new post soon. Sorry, my life has been really busy, but I felt bad for leaving you this long with nothing. So no, I haven't died, and how about some pretty inspiration in the meantime?

http://esmeandthelaneway.blogspot.com/ I know these pictures are older and she now has dark hair, but these are still some of my favorites. I remember finding these on her blog a while ago, then I forgot to save the blog and was so upset because, well, her blog and pictures are fantastic. Then I found her blog again one day and was SO thrilled when I realized it was my mystery blogger that I had lost.

This girl's hair is gorgeous! It almost makes me want short hair again it's so pretty. And the redness just adds to that, I love red hair.

http://elinkan.blogg.se/ This outfit is just adorable as is her hair and herself. I love all of the red.

This picture is so gorgeous! I'm not sure wear it's from, maybe a magazine? Doesn't she look like a fairy or some woodland sprite though? The flowers in her hair are so lovely.

I love this hairstyle, she looks impeccable. I want to figure out how to do this style.

I love the glasses Marilyn's wearing here, they're so cute! My brothers thing they're ugly but I secretly wish mine looked more like them. ;)

Not really inspiration so much as recommendation. Seriously, if you haven't seen "The Young Victoria" go see it now. It was fabulous, if for the costumes alone. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It was incredible and adorable the love she and her husband shared. I can't wait to see it again.

Hippie

2010-05-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

I felt hippie-ish and 70's-ish yesterday. Which is not normal for me. However I decided to have fun and go with it. So I straightened my hair, you can't tell that much in some of the pictures, but you can in others. My hair unstraightens fairly quickly for some reason. Oh, these pictures are from yesterday if you didn't catch that. However, I was lazy and didn't get them uploaded till today.

Do you ever upload the pictures and then sit there and try to figure out what to say? I do that all the time, apprently *Vixen Vintage does too, so I don't feel so alone. Haha.

* http://www.vixenvintage.blogspot.com

And my dashing photographer, no charge this time thank goodness. Image 1: Self portrait by the man (er, boy) himself. Image 2: Professional photo taken by yours truly.

I completely agree Mr. Lewis.

2010-05-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
- C. S. Lewis

Do you ever forget that you're wearing things different from other people and then wonder why they're staring at you? I did that several times today. I walk to babysitting every morning and people kept looking back after they'd passed by. Of course, I live in a very casual town, people practically think you're dressed up if you're wearing a jean skirt.
I just finished a book called The Signature of God. If anyone's looking for proof of the Bible I would highly recommend it. It was truly fascinating, and at times rather frightening. Not in a creepy way, more like a "Wow." way.
I got new sandals, not sure if you can really see them, I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow or something. I really like them, and they're fairly comfortable. I can walk around in them and even run no problem, the only reason my feet hurt right now is because I wore them all day. And I mean all day. I've been walking around, and standing up, and generally moving around, plus I babysat this morning. Probably not the best shoes I ever chose for the job. Haha.

Lollipop

2010-04-30T18:59:00.000-07:00

I love how the guy smiles or makes a face after every "pop!", it's so funny.
It was so neat cause I was showing my Grandma the song and she said she used to listen to that song. She was a teenager in the 50's. I really wish she had saved her clothes, I was looking at her old photo albums and she wore the nicest things. She says she would've if she'd known I was going to like old things. I told her next time she's young to save everything. She laughed.

Eet

2010-04-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

Eet
Regina Spektor

♫ It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to feel the beat

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

You spent half of your life trying to fall behind
Your ears in your headphones to drown out your mind
It was so easy, and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

Someone's deciding whether or not to steal
He opens the window just to feel the chill
He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry
'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet

It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember, you try to feel the beat ♪

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEpaVL_WsU

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first time on my blog I haven't worn tights or jeans! It was so nice for it to be warm enough to go barelegged. My brothers and I ran around playing tag most of the day in shorts. I can't wait for Summer when it's even warmer!
Have you ever heard of Regina Spektor? She's another one of my favorite singers. My outfit was inspired by her video for the song "Eet" which I have the lyrics and link for at the top of the post.
My littlest brother took my outfit pictures today, he also charged me money for it. Nice guy, huh? Haha. I love him though. He's very into lego and snatches in both hands any possible way to make money. He's very creative, he mostly makes lego stop motion videos.
You know what I discovered? A picture of blowing a dandilion puff is a lovely idea in my head. However, it doesn't translate into the actual picture very well. Apparently, the face you make while blowing isn't that flattering! I think maybe next time I'll stick with staring at my dandilion puff, none of the pictures we got of it worked out. The one I posted was the best of the bunch. The rest I'm making a ridiculous face or it looks like I'm trying to eat it! Now that I look at it, it still looks like I'm trying to eat it. . . Haha.

Swallow Song

2010-04-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

Swallow Song
Vashti Bunyan
♫ And there’s a sunset brimming over the sky
And there’s a swallow teaching it’s young how to fly
Up on high
See how fast the summer passes by

And there’s an oak leaf turning green into brown
And there’s a pine so proud of her evergreen gown
Looking down
See how fast the winter comes around

And there’s a rain cloud passing over our heads
And there’s a cat on the doorstep waiting to be fed
Milk and bread
Day is done and now it’s time for bed ♪

I love Vashti Bunyan, even if she does have a strange name that makes me think of the story of Esther. Her music is so simple and childlike and soft. Like a wisp of air, or a cloud passing by.

I had an incredibly epic dream last night. It was so amazing that I decided to make a movie out of it. And I just finished the casting and everything, and we were starting to film it. . . until, suddenly, I woke up and that was a dream too. Didn't I tell you it was incredibly epic? I've still got butterflies. I wish I could remember it all, but it's already fading too fast.

I got new glasses! Did you notice? I really like them. They make me feel rather geeky though, so I've been wearing my sweater vest and my owl necklace. Haha.

How was your week? I'm finally feeling better. Took long enough, but now I'm basically back to normal. And it's WONDERFUL. Why do I always take health for granted?

Victory rolls!

2010-04-11T19:51:00.000-07:00

WAHOOOO! I figured out how to do victory rolls! They're not the greatest, but I did it! And I'm sure with practise I'll get better. I'm so excited though, I've been doing them everyday. I want to find some fake flowers and other stuff to decorate them with. I used baby's breath flowers before, but they were dried, and if you know baby's breath flowers, I had little white dots all over my hair. Haha.

Anyway, I also found the most lovely finds at the thrift store. I got this dress, which is like my dream dress. I had the take it in at the sides and sleeves, and hem it, but now it's perfect. I'm thrilled. Plus, it's got the most adorable back. It's got a crossover type button up thing, and an adorable little triangular cut out. I'll try to get a good picture tomorrow or in a couple of days for my next post.

And my other finds were the most gorgeous floral dress I feel like I've been searching all my life for. (Not really, but that's how it feels) Anyways, I've found it, all I have to do is trim it a couple inches and hem and then it will most definitely be making an appearance on my blog.

My other find was a red and white striped shirt which goes perfectly with my khaki high waisted shorts. I can't wait till summer when I can wear them without tights!

So my life has been pretty wonderful lately. Only thing keeping me from flying is a sore throat, but that should go away soon.* So when it goes away I'll try my best to stay firmly on the ground. Haha. Really, it's ridiculous how happy I am.

I sang up front on the worship team at church this Sunday, which was slightly nerve wracking but not so bad. Besides, you couldn't hear me much anyway because I was backup. Still, I suppose if was a good experience and will help me feel more comfortable on stage for other singing stuff.

Hope you've all had a lovely week! Do you have nice weather as well? Or is it still snowy?

*Edit

So unfortunately, my sore throat hasn't gone away. In fact on Monday it decided to become a full fledged cold. Not so fun. You know when you're all achy and your nose is running and you have a sore throat or head ache or both. And you almost wish you could just die cause at least you wouldn't be feeling miserable. I was doing better yesterday. But today (Wednesday the 14th) I woke up and my voice sounds all funny and I can't sing. Hopefully there'll be some outfit posts when I'm feeling better though cause my mom bought me a couple of things. :)

Oh, so as long as I'm feeling like this there won't be any flying away for me. Haha. I'm still happy though, because even if I'm sick, in general life is pretty wonderful. No matter how hard things get.

20's, Clara Bow style

2010-04-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

I have recently developed a small obsession with Clara Bow. Could you tell? I've been looking up pictures of her all day and I especially liked that one of her on the steps. I tried to replicate it as you can see, however, it didn't work out quite the way I wanted. Maybe I'll try again some other time. Anyway, I tried.

I love her deep brooding but innocent eyes. I think she's fascinating. Rather tragic story, though not as tragic as some. It seems that the majority of the silent and early film stars had tragic lives.
Here's her Wikipedia page if you'd like to read about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bow

Happy Passover and Chag Sameach!

2010-03-31T01:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the poor quality pictures. I've had a rather busy week. You see, yesterday was Passover, the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread and we had friends over from the island and had a seder with family and friends that night. It was great fun but I must say, I am glad it's over. It'll be nice to rest. My mum must be laughing at me right now, as she's the one who did most of the work. I did help though mom! And company and rushing around tires us young folk out too!
Anyway, on Monday I'll be able to eat bread and bagels and all that yummy stuff again. How delightful! You never really realize how much you eat contains yeast and baking soda and powder and everything until you're unable to eat it. My family will be going out for waffles and strawberries and whipped cream that day. I can't wait!

This outfit was very 40's inspired. Mainly from this picture, the one on the right.

I'm remembering again how much I love the 40's style clothing. If only I could figure out how to do Victory rolls! And yes, I realize I'm wearing the same skirt as in the last post. I'd forgotten about it since it had been a while since I posted last. Ah well, I'll be wearing something different tomorrow, I've got a couple 40's inspired outfits planned, if I have time I'll try to get some pictures.

Hope you've all had a lovely week!

I'm back!

2010-03-24T23:31:00.000-07:00

I've been in a bit of a clothing slump for some reason. Seeing tons of beautiful outfits, but not really being inspired. Digging through my whole closet but not being able to find a single thing to wear. Which doesn't make much sense because I have a ton of clothes as my grandma and mom will tell you possibly whilst rolling their eyes. So it's not that I don't have clothes, I love the clothes I have. I just wasn't inspired.

Thankfully that seems to be over. I just went through what I have in my head and matched stuff up, so here's my outfit. :)

Also, if you hadn't noticed I've been fiddling around with the layout and everything. I don't think I'll keep the only text one, it's just temporary until I make something I like. I made the layout wider as well as it was bugging me by how skinny it was. I'm also experimenting with a new way of posting pictures. I like it but it's a lot of work so I may revert back to just plain photos.

Oh, does anyone who has big photos on their blog have tips for making the photos big? I uploaded them but they were puny so I had to fiddle around with the code and upload them on Imageshack and Tinypic. So I'm not sure what's up, if I'm just stupid and there's an easier way to do it or what.

I'm back! It's not that I don't go on my blog when I don't post for like a week. I do, it's just I get lazy or the weather gets bad and I don't get outside to take pictures or I can't think of anything to post. However, I do check comments and everything and spend much of my computer time browsing my blog and other people's blogs. Just in case you were wondering. :)

Bother my glasses. I think it ruins the old fashioned effect of the pictures, but I forgot to take them off. Plus it's difficult to take them off seeing as I can barely see 5 inches in front of my face without them, and walking back and forth to the tripod, especially on stairs, could get a little dangerous. Ah well, maybe someday I'll be able to get contacts.

St Patrick and Sunshine

2010-03-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I was rudely awakened this morning to multiple pinches from my little brothers because my pajamas were not green. Understandably I was rather cross as I had even layed out a green outfit for the morning, but hadn't thought of my pajamas, which are blue. The thing is I have a green nightgown, but it was in the wash so I wore my blue ones. A mistake I do not intend to repeat next year. The sun cheered me up quickly though and the rest of the day was quite nice.

I don't have any pictures of me standing up today, so you can't really see the dress. It's green with light pink flowers, and will probably make an appearance again eventually. I only took a few standing up and when I looked at them they were all too fuzzy, but the sun had gone down by that time and t'was too dark to take new ones.

It was lovely today though, felt almost like summer. It was 10 degrees celcius but felt warmer with the sun shinging. I actually went outside with bare arms for a few minutes! It was absolutely delightful!

[Edit] Ooh, I just realized this is my 50th post! Halfway to 100! Gracious, doesn't feel as thought I've written that many. Of course, it's not that huge a number, but this is the longest I've stuck with a blog before and the most posts I've done. So it's pretty neat.

Fairytale

2010-03-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
- C.S. Lewis

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
- Hans Christian Andersen

"Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
- G.K. Chesterton

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
- Albert Einstein

"Was I the same when I got up this morning?"

2010-03-15T22:47:00.000-07:00

"I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
Alice from Alice in Wonderland

I'm not sure what I was going for with this outfit. It's a little bit Alice-ey with the bow, a little bit schoolgirl or school teacher-ey. I suppose it doesn't matter.
Anyway, it was so exciting today when this dress finally came! I got it from http://stores.ebay.com/twitchvintage on Ebay. Fairly quick shipping, accurate measurements. Completely delighted and satisfied. It is nice to have something new in your wardrobe now and then. Even a simple dress seems to open up a whole new array of outfits.

Here's what I wore later on when I went to babysit from 5 pm - 9 pm. Didn't think that dress would really be practical.

Thank you again for the comments and everything. It's such a delight to see someone taking the time to write a small something just because. :)

10 Things I love

2010-03-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

Tagged by www.rosemud.blogspot.com

10 Things I love

1. My family, who are always there for me no matter what. I don't know what I'd do without them.

2. My friends, they're always there for me as well and can always cheer me up.

3. Hugs, which are just amazing. It's hard to think of a more comforting thing than a hug from someone you love.

4. God, of course! What an incredible thing that He loved me enough to die for me. And I'm always safe in His arms.

5. My rag doll Katy. I've had her since I was one and we got her from a second hand store. She's the only doll I have left, I don't think I could ever get rid of her.

6. Blogs. It's so much fun seeing what other people post and getting a glimpse into their lives. Plus the gorgeous clothes that are so inspiring.

7. Thrift stores. So many treasures just waiting for you to come along and dig them out!

8. Summer Vacation. Every year in June my family and friends go to a beach campsite in our town and stay in cabins for a week. It's so much fun roasting marshmallows and being with my friends and everyone all day for a week. I wish it would last forever.

9. Chocolate. Does that even need explaining? It's chocolate! I love it in basically every form. Fondue, hot chocolate, coating almonds. . . Only kind I'm not such a fan of is dark chocolate. I still like it, but I'd take milk chocolate any day if given the choice.

10. Books. I love going into a different world and meeting all the characters. I only wish I could know them in real life.

I'll tag, hm, I always have trouble with this, often the person I would have tagged is the one who tagged me therefore, already having done it.
Here we are. :) I tagged 12 people because I'm being rebellious. Haha.

http://ilfashion67.blogspot.com/
http://myfeelings-only.blogspot.com/
http://twitchvintage.blogspot.com/
http://moment0fclarity.blogspot.com
http://faux-naif.blogspot.com/
http://wallsareimagined.blogspot.com/
http://silencesweetheart.blogspot.com
http://thelittledeers.blogspot.com
http://marissaexplains.blogspot.com
http://stylesymmetry.com
http://acupfullofsunshine.blogspot.com
http://anotherdaytodressup.blogspot.com/ (Already done 10 things, I'm leaving the link though in case someone hasn't seen her blog. Which I'm sure everyone has but if you for some reason haven't you must!)

A Wonderful Sunset

2010-03-11T18:44:00.000-08:00

Isn't life wonderful? My life may not always be so great. Bad things happen. But just being alive! How truly glorious! The fact that I can breathe and see and hear and smell. It's all so wonderful! Even the simple joy of greeting someone on the street as you walk by eachother. Just smiling at or complimenting a clerk on their hair or eyes. Part of what makes life so wonderful is bringing joy to others. You can't have pure joy by yourself alone. I was thinking the other day, how sad it would be to only see in black and white. I'm so thankful God gave us eyes that can see color! Take a look at this sunset! It wouldn't be half as beautiful without color.

♫ So all the colours run
See what they've become
A wonderful sunset ♪

The Painter's Link - Kate Bush

What brings you joy?

Nancy Drew

2010-03-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

I felt a bit like a modern Nancy Drew in jeans today. Perhaps the scarf? Also my Mum put my hair in curlers last night, and I was actually quite pleased with the result. Oh, and in case you couldn't tell in former pictures, I'm not as chunky as I look on the stairs. Haha, I suppose it's the angle.
Here's the tutorial I found for the hair curling. It's pretty simple and easy, but turns out nicely. You could probably brush it out as well, but I just brushed the top and left the rest as I wanted more curl and less frizz.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91826907@N00/sets/72157594553432813/

Down by the bonny blue sea

2010-03-06T23:07:00.000-08:00

I went to the beach across the street from my house today to take some pictures. I wanted to take them later, as the sun was in my eyes the whole time, and the light not very flattering, but I had to go to a bible study shortly. Maybe a another evening when I have more time.
Oh, as I was crossing the street an old guy bicycling called out "Nice stockings!", I wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic or what, but either way I laughed and said thanks.
Anyway, it was fun. My brothers and mom came down with me and we made a mini camp fire and roasted marshmallows. They were so good, and it made me long for Summer even more. Don't worry though, I'm still ecstatic for Spring. All the delightful floral skirts and dresses make me giddy with excitement. I'm just thrilled the weather is warming up and we're getting more sun.
I felt very sailor-ish today with this sweater I found at the thrift store.

Spring break!

2010-03-05T21:59:00.000-08:00

I was so happy today. It was the last day of school before spring break and now I have two luxerious weeks without school or work! Ahh, how delightful.
Oh, and today I discovered I'm turning into my mum. I was printing out bible verses I especially like to put on my wall and then about half way through I realized she always does the same thing. Dear me, it seems I become more like her every day. Is that normal?
Anyway, today's outfit was vaguely inspired by Liebe Marlene's Sewell Mill outfit. (http://liebemarlene.blogspot.com/2010/02/sewell-mill.html) However, I need to find a skirt with smaller flowers. As much as I like this skirt I'd prefer one with a smaller pattern, can't seem to find one anywhere though. . .
I hope everyone had a delightful day. I'm so thrilled, I have 15 followers. I never dreamed of having anyone but a couple friends whom I'd force to follow me. Haha. So thank you, I truly appreciate all of you. :)

Olympics and Gideon

2010-02-28T23:26:00.000-08:00

I'm not really sure how I feel about the Olympics on the whole. So I won't go into that. However I will say that I'm entirely not competitive enough to enjoy them. I feel terrible for whoever loses. I'm the sort of person who wishes everyone could win and be happy. But I know that wouldn't work, so I try to refrain from watching sports. While I'm happy that Canada won the hockey game, I still feel bad for all the other countries that tried so hard and didn't win. It's really rather odd as I'm more competitive in real life. I don't know, I'm such a mass of contradictions. I love to fight and play sports. Apparently I'm quite strong. But if I win I can't help feeling bad for whoever lost so I really can't win.
Anyway, that was my little thing on the Olympics and competitions.

Completely unrelated is Judges 6:36-40. I really like those verses. It's so neat what God did. Can you imagine being Gideon? That would be have been incredible! To see God's power in such a small but real way.

Judges 6:36-40 (New International Version)
36 Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised- 37 look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said." 38 And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make the fleece dry and the ground covered with dew." 40 That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.

If I were old, my dearest, you would be older

2010-02-23T17:11:00.000-08:00

♫ If I were old, my dearest
You would be older
But I would crawl upon your lap
Wrap a blanket 'round our frail little shoulders
And I'd die happily like that ♪

What I Wouldn't Do - A Fine Frenzy

This outfit made me feel a bit like Sally Jane Vintage for some reason. http://sallyjanevintage.blogspot.com/

Haha, I just noticed the first picture with the blip of hair on the side of my face makes it look like a have a 20's bob.

It was rainy today, and is supposed to rain for the next week. Rather disappointing after yesterday's sunshine! Apparently a couple months back my town was on the news for having 3 weeks straight of rain! It rains here a lot, can you tell? All this Winter we've had lots of rain but no snow, ah well, maybe next Winter.

A spot in the shade

2010-02-22T12:40:00.000-08:00

♪ Come on, come out, the weather is warm
Come on, come out, said come on, come on
A spot in the shade where oranges fall
The spot in the shade away from it all

Watching the sky, you're watching a painting
Coming to life shifting and shaping
Staying inside, it all goes, all goes by ♫

Come On Come Out - A Fine Frenzy

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I have 10 followers! Thank you so much! I don't feel quite so alone in the blogging world anymore! I really appreciate it, I'm still rather in a state of disbelief. I honestly never thought I'd get any followers or comments, and now I've got both!
So thank you so, so much.

I feel rather like a hippie in this dress, I was unsure about the length at first, because usually I save the longer lengths for special occasions. I've decided I really like it though, I feel so bright and sunny. My mom got it secondhand when she was pregnant with my brother, she never wears it anymore though, so I've adopted it.

Walk on a rainbow trail

2010-02-21T18:31:00.000-08:00

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.
-Robert Motherwell

I melted the popcorn maker

2010-02-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

Skilled chef that I am, I had foolishly draped a towel over the popcorn maker to keep the kernels from flying out. Of course, thoughtless silly me, the idea never entered my mind that this might not be a good idea. So while I was waiting for the popcorn to pop I wandered into the kitchen to start making some bread as we had bought a gluten free bread mixture for my brother. I looked into the fridge, got out the eggs and started the recipe. I plopped one egg into the bread machine container, then realized the recipe called for two eggs. So I went back to the fridge to see if we had any more egg cartons, I was peering into the fridge when suddenly in the background I heard some crackling. I then remembered the popcorn maker! But it was too late, when I lifted up the towel I beheld a melted hunk of plastic. Let this be a lesson to all hopefully less foolish popcorn makers, do not drape a towel over the popcorn maker! So I shall leave you to chuckle or gasp over my misfortune, pictures are below if you scroll down. And never fear oh you more responsible people, I plan on buying a a new popcorn maker, hopefully one that won't get melted by my foolishness and forgetfulness.

February Air

2010-02-04T19:13:00.000-08:00

♫ My arms get cold, In February air.
Please don't lose hold of me out there. ♪

It was finally sunny outside so I decided to take advantage of it and take some pictures. I just got this sweater at Wal-mart yesterday. I love it, it's so creamy and soft, makes me think of Spring and Winter. Speaking of Winter, we've had a ridiculously mild one. We have had exactly one snowfall, which wasn't even technically in Winter, it was in the last few days of Autumn. And it only lasted the evening. Seriously, it started snowing late that evening and was melted by morning. And now we've got crocuses popping up and blossoms on the trees, blossoms! Not that I'm not pining for Spring, however I would like one good snowfall to go sledding and build snowmen in! But if we're not going to get snow at least the sun is a nice break from the rain and clouds.

And my attempt at tying a 40's head scarf. It turned out better than it looks in the picture, when the picture was taken I had been wearing it most of the day so it was pretty messy. And in all honesty I only put it in because my hair looked terrible and needed to be washed but I didn't have enough time. Ah well, at least the world wasn't sentenced to seeing my bad hair day and I managed to look half way decent. Haha.

Birthday!

2010-01-21T22:36:00.000-08:00

So, today, January 21st was my 16th birthday. 16 at last, haha. I don't feel any different though. I never seem to, it usually takes me till almost the next birthday to feel like the age I turned previously. I wonder if anyone actually feels different when they have their birthday? I think I felt like there was more change when I was younger, now I just don't really. I wonder what it'll be like at 60 still feeling 13.

Anyway, this was my outfit. The flowers are from my Nana and Granddad.
Ooh, also from Mama and Papa, I got a purity/true love waits sort of ring. It'll take some getting used to to have something on my finger but I really like it. It has writing on it in Hebrew, it says "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine" Song of Solomon 6:3
I feel like I'm engaged or something showing off pictures of a ring. Haha.

Thank you to my family and friends for all the birthday wishes and for being in my life. I love all of you. <3

Once Again

2010-01-20T22:45:00.000-08:00

I love this song.

Once Again

Matt Redman

Jesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrifice

You became nothing

Poured out to death

Many times, I've wondered at your gift of life

I'm in that place once again

And once again I look upon the cross where You died

I'm humbled by Your mercy and I'm broken inside

Once again I thank You,

Once again I pour out my life

Now You are exalted to the highest place

King of the Heavens, where one day I'll bow

But for now, I'll marvel at Your saving grace

I'm full of praise once again

Oh I'm full of praise once again

And once again I look upon the cross where You died

I'm humbled by Your mercy and I'm broken inside

Once again I thank You

Once again I pour out my life

Thank you for the cross

Thank you for the cross, my friend

And once again I look upon the cross where You died

I'm humbled by Your mercy and I'm broken inside

Once again I thank You

Once again I pour out my life

Dress

2010-01-19T23:04:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited! The dress I bought from http://liebemarlene.blogspot.com/ finally came today! And just in time for my birthday too, what perfect timing! I love it. Without the sweater it looks very 60's, now I just need to attempt and/or figure out what 60's hair looks like. By the way, it was raining during all of these so if I look a little cold that's why. Haha.

Thoughts on Paul

2010-01-17T22:50:00.000-08:00

Outfit post coming soon. I promise. Especially because it's my 16th birthday on Thursday so of course I'll have to dress up. ;)

Philippians 1:22-24
22 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

I really wish I could say that honestly and wholeheartedly. I want to be with God and I'm excited for Heaven, but truthfully I would rather be here for the time being. And yet Paul is saying he would RATHER go be with the Lord now, but if he has to stay here he will. How incredible is that?
And I don't think he's being proud or anything at all when he says it would be better for everyone if he stayed here. It's just all the churches are so new and still need guidance and everything. As you know, the book of Philippians is a letter he wrote from in prison to encourage the Philippian church.

I think Paul was incredible and I hope and pray I can make it to that level of faith.

It's ok if you disagree with me but those are my thoughts. :)

Happy Anniversary!

2010-01-13T21:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful Mama and Papa! Love you both so so much. <3

The flowers he got her:

Worst blogger award

2009-12-23T22:14:00.000-08:00

I'm such a terrible blogger. Goodness gracious, how long has it been? Almost 10 days since my last post I think. I'm still blogging, promise. It just gets so busy around this time and I completely forgot to post anything and then whenever I did think to my brother had the camera.
Ah well. The other night I watched It's a Wonderful Life for the second time in my life. Isn't that dreadful? I love the movie though. So here are some pictures from it. I love Mary's clothes. Isn't she lovely?
Don't forget to watch it if you haven't yet! I was dancing around the house by the end of it so happy to be alive. Doesn't it make you wonder what things would be like you hadn't been born? How the people you know would be if they'd never met you?
It's Winter finally as of the 21st. Seems like it has been for a while though already since it's been so cold.
Good luck with last minute Christmas shopping!

SNOW!

2009-12-14T23:23:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness I'm so excited! We had the first snowfall tonight! I LOVE snow. It makes me act like such a little kid. Jumping and spinning and generally being goofy. Oh, and I got a tripod for Hanukkah! Thanks Mama and Papa!

Oh, and here's a little mouse I drew, hope you like.

Dressup!

2009-12-06T08:54:00.000-08:00

Yes, I still like dressing up in my room. It's so much fun. The only part I dislike is cleaning up everything that got thrown on the floor.
Grey dress from Forever21, everything else from a local thrift store.
Isn't the coat amazing? I've been looking for one like that for a while! It was so cute, I was in Walmart wearing the white coat and hat and an old man behind me in the checkout said "You're a very nice looking young lady". Even if I didn't like wearing older stuff, I think it would be almost worth it just because of the aprroving looks from older people. It must be so refreshing for them to see someone not in short shorts and a tank top.
Sorry I haven't updated, I didn't realize it had been so long.

First frost!

2009-12-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

Today as usual I got up and got ready to go to babysitting, but as I walked out the door there was FROST! So of course I had to run back inside to get the camera. T'was very exciting. It means snow's not far off!

The moon was also still up when I went outside so I attempted to snap a few shots of that as well. Didn't work out so good. It's so hard to zoom in far enough AND try to hold still. I really wish my camera zoomed in closer. I really need to save up and just get my own instead of having to share the family one.

I have a question....

2009-12-01T21:52:00.000-08:00

How on earth do brides keep a straight face when they're taking the serious elegant pictures? I mean, if I was getting married to the man I love with whom I was going to spend the rest of my life with, I wouldn't be able to wipe the smile off my face!
Of course, I'm a generally smiley person anyway, I can't wipe the smile off my face even for something much less important than that. Just typing this I'm beaming.

Lessons for Life 2

2009-12-01T12:04:00.001-08:00

Some more thoughts from yours truly....

Lessons for Life 2
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"The TV"
When you think about it, life is kind of like a television. We’re going through life, searching for the right channel. But how are we going to find it without the TV guide? The Bible is like that TV guide, with it in your hands, you can find the right channel to live your life by. People keep searching and searching, thinking they don’t need the guide, and never finding right channel. They try this channel, then that channel, but it’s never the right one, and it just keeps getting them into trouble.
Some people get so discouraged, they figure, “Why bother? It’s hopeless” and shut off the TV by killing themselves. If they would have just looked into the guide, maybe they wouldn’t have died. Death is final. There’s no turning the TV back on. Some try the guide, but don’t know how to read it, get frustrated, and so, throw it away. But that’s not going to help. If they would just pick it up, and try to read it again, or ask someone who has already found the channel for help. Maybe they too could find it. But so many just give up after the first try. They end up searching and flipping channels their whole lives. But to no avail.

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“Hold My Hand”
Remember when you were little and you just had to walk on that ledge? Your father would ask if you wanted to hold their hand to keep your balance, but of course, no, you were big enough to walk by yourself. You don’t need any help. But then you’d trip, you’d instinctively reach up your hand….and suddenly, it was grasped by the big strong hand of your father that lifted you back up and kept you from falling.
That’s what it’s like with God. Some of us grow up and think “Oh, church is just for little kids, weak people and old people. I don’t need any help. I’m an adult, I can do this on my own” But then you find yourself falling off the edge, and suddenly you don’t feel so big and strong and mature anymore. But you shrug your shoulders back, tug your coat around you, and figure, you can make it, you don’t need any help. But then when times seem most desperate, you reach up your hand, almost without meaning to, and find it grasped! By a big, strong hand so incredibly powerful, yet gentle. And suddenly you know, that when you’re holding this hand, it will all be okay.
That’s not to say it will be easy. There will still be bumps on the ledge, and stumbling blocks. But with His help, you can make it around those bumps, and come through it without feeling like you're going to fall off at the slightest dip.

Been Too Long

2009-11-30T15:40:00.000-08:00

My dress and hat from Forever 21 finally came! I'm so happy. It's a really nice basic autumny dress, just what I've been looking for, something basic you can just throw on without having to spend to much time. The hat is really neat too, it's like a cloche hat from the twenties.

♫ September, the leaves were
Falling red and gold
And I remember the way you pulled me closer
Nothing else existed
In the world we lived in
Hidden
We didn't see the storm was coming closer ♪

Been Too Long - Emmy Rossum

I love the pictures this song puts into your head. It's rather sad, but the vocals and lyrics are beautiful.

Oh yes, I'm so mature, I hate Miley Cyrus and I think the Jonas Brothers are gay!

2009-11-29T15:23:00.000-08:00

Well here's news, that's not mature, nor is it 'cool'. I don't care if you don't like their music, yes you're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean you can trash them! How is it mature or cool to trash someone you've never even met and probably will never meet? Some people actually do like them, I don't care if you think it's all little immature tweens. Guess what! You're no more mature than them!

And calling people gay? Ok, gay in my opinion has two basic meanings: happy and same sex relationships. It does not and has never meant "messed up" or "stupid" until now! When you so called mature teens started trashing everyone you don't like or whose opinions differ from your own.

Swearing. Why do you need to swear? Isn't the English language one of the most hard and challenging languages to learn? If it's so darn big and hard then there must be better ways to express your feelings then words not fit for a child to hear! I've been plenty frustrated in my short life but do I swear? No. So far I've had no trouble in finding other ways to express my feelings.
And guess what! When kids hear you swear, they copy you! And then they think they're cool because "the big kids" are doing it too.
So you can't help it? Everyone else around you does it? How does that justify it? They're not forcing you to swear! Are they moving your mouth for you? Come on! YOU and only you are in charge of your mouth! Do you have no self control at ALL? Trust me! It's not that hard!

So you teenagers are more mature and sophisticated than those little preteens? Ha, I beg to differ.

There you have it, my little rant. You may not find these things a big deal, but they really bother me.

Welcome to the World

2009-11-28T21:30:00.000-08:00

A poem that popped into my head when I was holding my mom's friend's new baby. Hope you like it.

Welcome to the World
Welcome to the world little one,
What a strange and wonderful world you’ve been born into,
It will make you laugh,
And it will make you cry,
With its beauty and pain.
You gurgle and burble happily in my arms,
Staring around you with wide eyes,
Trying to take it all in.
Suddenly a frown crosses your tiny features,
Perhaps a foretelling of the sorrow you will find in this world,
But a moment later and the sun bursts out again.
I laugh. Yes little one, there will be glorious times as well.
Times that will nearly make you cry with the beauty and happiness.
Oh welcome to the world little one,
Remember, in your moments of deepest sorrow,
Look to your heavenly Father,
He can comfort you when no one else can.
You reach up and try to grab my hair,
Oh little one,
You can’t even begin to fathom this place you’ve been born into.
As you grow and try to figure it all out,
Never forget,
That I love you.

Snug as a bug in a rug

2009-11-27T22:45:00.000-08:00

If you were wondering what I do all day, this is my basic pose after babysitting and school (or sometimes even during, I home school). Snuggled up by the heater with a book and a cup of tea. Hope you've enjoyed this little glimpse into my hectic but lazy life. (Does that work? In any way, shape, or form? I have no idea....)

Now please excuse me, I must flee back to the heat.
L'Chayim! To life!

SUN!

2009-11-26T23:02:00.000-08:00

The white dress I ordered forever ago finally came! And to top it off, it was SUNNY today! After nearly 3 weeks of straight rain! Of course the forcast for the next week is rain again, but still, SUN! Check out the glorious sunset tonight. It was so nice to actually see a sunset, they've been covered by clouds for the past few weeks. Now if the rain would only turn to snow I'd be even happier.....

Sorry for all the exclamation points. The sun put me in a very happy mood.

Happy 8th Birthday little bud! <3

2009-11-17T12:16:00.001-08:00

Happy 8th Birthday to my sometimes annoying but always loved little brother!

I love ya big boy. <3

Rain

2009-11-16T20:47:00.000-08:00

I truly will make a new post soon, but it's been so rainy I haven't been able to get outside to take pictures. I enjoy a little rain, it's rather cozy, but this is getting to be too much. I don't think it's let up for over a week and the wind is just as bad. If you step outside you get drenched all the while being nearly blown away. If you're in waterproof clothes it's rather fun but as I don't have much in the way of waterproof clothes it gets to be more miserable than fun.

(picture not mine, obviously)

I suppose though, I'm rather lucky, I mean, it's not as bad as this....

(again, picture not mine)

Old pictures

2009-11-14T20:32:00.000-08:00

I dug up some old pictures of me when I was little and scanned them on to the computer. I love seeing the changes time brings, it's so gradual but when you look back you realize how much has changed. Ahh, change. Sometimes it's awful, like when people move away. But other times it brings about unexpecting blessings that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

And as a bonus, my mum in her graduation dress. (Sorry for the fuzziness, I had to take a picture of it and then put the picture on the computer and I think I bumped the camera when taking the picture.

Wind

2009-11-13T10:47:00.000-08:00

"It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship”

Remembrance Day

2009-11-11T12:11:00.000-08:00

Lest We Forget

Pictures and quotes

2009-11-08T17:26:00.000-08:00

Photoshoot around my yard using a card table and a selftimer on the camera. I reeeaally need to get myself a tripod.

Some amusing quotes and some interesting quotes.

"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."

George Bernard Shaw

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. "

George Bernard Shaw

"I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. "

Orson Welles

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."

Frederick Douglass

"I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing."

Chuck Palahniuk

"I don't consider myself bald, I'm just taller than my hair."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Cleverness is not wisdom."

Euripides

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows"

Epictetus

"In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool."

Lord Chesterfield

Sunshine

2009-11-08T17:11:00.000-08:00

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
Steve Martin

Lessons for Life

2009-11-05T23:08:00.000-08:00

The camera didn't want to let me upload my pictures so I'll have to try again later. at any rate, here's some things I wrote today.

Lessons for Life
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“To obey is better than sacrifice”

“To obey is better than sacrifice” Boy is that a hard one. We don’t want to do something, so we ignore it and do something else. Then we can’t understand why mom is still upset. I mean, we just did something even harder! Mom should be grateful! But she’s still upset. She appreciates that you did something more, but she’d rather you just obey in the first place. How many of us can relate to that scenario? I know I can. We’d rather sacrifice something that we choose, than obey what someone else said. But truly when we think of it, to obey really is better than sacrifice.

Imagine you’re babysitting a little boy. He spills his juice all over the floor and you ask him to clean it up. He then draws a picture and gives it to you instead of cleaning up the juice. What would you say? It would probably be something to the effect of; “Well Johnny, I love the picture you made me, but I would rather have you just clean the mess up in the first place.” Am I right?

Now let's remember that scenario next time we’re asked to do something.
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“You don’t love me!”

“You don’t love me!” How many times have we heard or said that one? Probably more times than we can count. (Or is that just me?) It’s our nature to love when it’s convenient for us. Mom gives us a gift and we shower her with love and kisses. Then she takes something away, and suddenly, previous gifts and shows of love don't matter anymore. I mean, what we did wasn’t that bad. She obviously never truly loved us. Someone who loved you would never punish you. Would they?

But you see, a part of love is indeed gifts and kisses, but there’s another part too. If that was all there was to love, it wouldn’t truly be love. Something can’t be whole and complete with only one piece. And that other part is discipline. If someone truly loves you, they won’t just shower you with gifts all the time and let you become a spoiled brat. No, that’s not love. Love is caring enough to say no when needed. A parent who truly loves their child won’t just stand by and say, “Well, that’s what they wanted!” as their child is smoking, drinking and doing drugs. No, a parent who loves their child will step in and say no when necessary. The child may be upset at first, but the parent knows that allowing it would cause their child harm later on. So really, they’re showing how deep their love truly is in saying no. The parent loves their child too much to let them have their way in something that would harm them.

So next time you hear a no, remember that in that no is more love that all the presents in the world.

Tagged

2009-11-05T07:29:00.000-08:00

Tagged by La Couturier

Where’s your cell phone: nonexistant
Your hair: shoulder length
Your mother: patient
Your father: musical
Favorite Food: chocolate
Dream last night: don't remember
Favorite drink: water or tea
What room are you: livingroom
Hobby: blogging, writing, drawing, mnay things
Fear: horror movies
Where were you last night: at home
Something that you aren’t: unhappy
Muffins: chocolate chip
Wish list item: white vintage dress and heart dotted tights
Where did you grow up: The States and Canada
What are you wearing: high waisted skirt, t-shirt, sweater, coat and tights
Your pets: none
Friends: wonderful
Something your’e not wearing: pajamas
Favorite store: Forever 21
Favorite color: most dark colors
Last time you laughed: right now
Your best friend: away
Place you go to over and over: babysitting
Person who emails you regularly: friends
Favorite place to eat: at home

And I'm tagging http://teatime-elegance.blogspot.com/ and http://riotvogue.blogspot.com/

white

2009-11-04T22:52:00.001-08:00

I think I just fell in love with the idea of having an all white room. Just the simplicity and almost other worldly beauty of it. Yes, I know I'm odd. There's just something strangely attractive about how plain it is.

Childrens poem/story by me

2009-11-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

Dinosaur for a day
If I were a dinosaur for a day,
I’d go stomping and roaring around.
I’d pick up the people I don’t like,
And roar at them.
Then I’d go stand in the middle of the streets,
Just cause I could.
I’d be big enough to stand in the middle of the ocean,
And then I’d roar so loud —
“ROARRRRR!!!!!”
That all the boats would rock,
And the sharks would wonder what was happening.
But they wouldn’t bother me,
Because I’M the biggest.
And if they bit me,
I could eat them all up in one bite.
I would do all of this cause I’m MAD.
And when I’m MAD,
It makes me feel better to make other people MAD.
But then,
I remember all the nice things people do for me,
And that I’m a lot happier when I’m not MAD.
And I’m glad I’m not a dinosaur for the day,
Because if I was . . . .
I would have a lot of apologizing to do!

Pascal's Wager

2009-11-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

I just read about Blaise Pascal in a school book, and they were talking about Pascal's Wager, which was in some letters he wrote for the existence of a God. I thought it was very interesting so I'm posting it. It makes sense to me.

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·If I wager that there is a God, and I'm right, then I gain eternity for having believed in Him.
·If I wager that there is a God, and I'm wrong, then I lose nothing for having believed in Him.
·If I wager that there is no God, and I'm right, then I lose nothing for having not believed in Him.
·If I wager that there is no God, and I'm wrong, then I lose eternity for having not believed in Him.

Therefore, it is best to wager that there is a God, for all other options end in loss.
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Hopefully I'll be posting an outfit post tomorrow if I get the chance. I wasn't able to upload the pictures today.